Drug use is pandemic in Maine. Have to wonder if this “ordinary kid” altered his brain chemistry with drugs and became a terrorist? Perhaps now it can be understood why the Chinese in the 19th century were so outraged when Western powers, primarily Britain, started flooding the country with opium. They knew what mass use did to a population and its culture. It also may be why the Chinese are grinning with revenge as they pour drugs of all sorts into the US.
I think you mean epidemic. Pandemic is worldwide, epidemic is within a community or region. I am not certain if epidemic is correct as drug abuse is not really a disease.
Even back in the 70’s and 80’s drug use was bad in Maine. Drugs were everywhere. Even teachers were dealing and everyone knew it too but noone ever said anything. Evrn cops knew what was going on, but didnt do anything unless they pulled a person over and caught them with it whe. They searhced the vehicle. Everyone knew who was dealing, and im sure the cops knew as well. It was a smallish town and word spreads quic.k
Drugs were pretty rampant in school, and it wasn’t unusual to see kids stoned in classes. I guess most schools are like,that, but in rural Maine, it just seemed pretty prevalent. A friend of mine rode around with a garbage bag full of pot he called zombie pot. Those who smoked it were gonzo until it wore off. I suspect it was laced. Towards the end of the 80’s though drug use seemed to calm down a bit, but before then, it seemed to be everywhere, and Noone cared.